Oil-barbel support



W. H. MANAHAN. on :B-ABREL sufiPom. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, "9.

. aM/lHMrtOZ 1 flan align imme/m EJNET WILLIAM MANAHAN, OF ARROWSMITH, ILLINOIS.

OIL-BARREL surron'r.

Specification of Letters latent. Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

7 Application filed September 27, 1919. Serial 326,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TVILLLUI H. Maxe- HAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arrowsmith, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Oil-Barrel Support, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to barrel or other receptacle supporting stands, the principal object being to provide a support which will retain the receptacle in tilted position so that the contents of the same may be dispensed therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stand for holding a receptacle in various angular positions while the contents thereof is being poured therefrom and which may be locked in such position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a receptacle supporting frame which includes a supporting frame adapted to receive the barrel or other receptacle which is equipped with means for locking the .barrel in the frame, the locking means being such as to be readily released to withdraw thebarrel from the stand and permit a new one to be placed therein.

Another general object of the invention is to provide a barrel stand which is of rigid and simple construction, and which may be manufactured and sold at a minimum cost. l/Vith the above and other general objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists of the combinations of elements, constructions and arrangements, operations and formations, and general asv semblage the details of which will be hereinafter enlarged upon and recited in the subjoined claims. 7

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 illustrates a transverse sectional view through a support constructed in accordance with the present invention, a barrel being disclosed in dotted lines.

shaped bracket, the inner faces of the bars Fig. 2 illustrates a front elevational view of the support.

Fig. 3 illustrates a side elevational view of the same, disclosing the barrel and frame its tilted position, in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawing wherein like characters of reference designate like parts, there is provided a substantially U-shaped bracket 5 which is adapted to rest upon the ground. Supporting bars or horizontal ground engaging legs are secured to the U being provided with recesses 7 in which the U-sh'aped bracket is snugly received.

Attached to the bars 6 at their upper ends is a U-shaped member 8, this latter U-shaped member 8 being superposed upon the brackets 5 and the parallel vertical legs of both being attached together through the medium of fastenings 9. Fixed upon the face of each of the vertical legs of the U- shapedmember 8 are plates .10 having rack teeth formed upon one side thereof.

There is provided a substantially rectangular frame 12 from the opposite sides of which extend trunnions 13 that are journaled through the plates 10 and upstanding ends of the U-shaped member 8. The outer faces of these bars are recessed as at 1% so thatthe recesses 14- reoeive the plates. Lugs 15 are mounted in these recesses and are engageable with the rack teeth to retain the frame in various angular positions.

Intersecting the rectangular frame 12 is i through the medium of the latch bar. When it is desired to pour part of the contents of the can therefrom, the frame is tilted to the required angle and the pivoted pawl engaged with any of the rack teeth to prevent the frame swinging beyond the desired angle, the frame being swung back to the vertical position after the pouring operation.

The embodiment of the invention here shown and described is considered the preferred construction but it will be understood that the same may be modified and altered in many respects and that such limits of modification are only governed by what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a barrel support upstanding parallel supporting members, a pivoted frame journaled in the upstanding supporting member, a U-shaped member disposed centrally of the frame and secured thereto, the

frame and U-shaped member supporting a receptacle therein, and a 1atch bar having one end pivoted to the U-shaped member and its opposite end adapted to be engaged with the opposite end of the U-shaped member.

2. In a device of the character described, a substantially rectangular frame supported for pivotal movement, a U-shaped member extending at right-angles to the frame and secured thereto, the U-shaped member being provided With a substantially rectangular recess in one facethereof, said end terminating in a beveled keeper, and a latch bar pivoted to one end of the U-shaped member, and a rectangular enlargement upon the opposite end of the latch bar engageable in the recess.

3. In a barrel supporting stand, a substantially U-shaped bracket adapted to rest upon the ground, feet extending at rightangles to the U-shaped bracket and secured thereto, a second U-shaped member positioned upon the feet and connected with the upstanding legs of the bracket, plates secured to the vertical legs of the second named U-shaped member provided with teeth, and a swinging sketch frame for retaining a receptacle therein ournaled in the vertical legs of the second U-shaped member, and pivoted pawls carried thereby engageable with the teeth to prevent the frame being swung beyond a predetermined point.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

\VILLIAM H. MANAHAN.

\Vitnesses ELVADA LONGMIER, EFFIE M. WALKER. 

